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Firefly (2002–2003)

TV Series  -  12 42 min  -  Drama | Sci-Fi
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Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small, spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.

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Joss Whedon
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Season:

1

Year:

2003 | 2002
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations See more awards »

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Firefly: Season 1: Episode 13 -- Mal has to make a tough choice in whether he should trust his ex-wife again as she offers the Serenity crew an opportunity to make a lot of money. Firefly: Season 1: Episode 9 -- Tensions begin to run high on board the Serenity when Wash finds himself feeling threatened by the closeness between Mal and Zoe. Firefly: Season 1: Episode 8 -- On return to Ariel, Simon hires the crew out to smuggle River into a hospital so Simon can figure out what the Alliance did to her.
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Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Nathan Fillion ...
Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Gina Torres ...
Zoë Washburne (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Alan Tudyk ...
Hoban 'Wash' Washburne (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Morena Baccarin ...
Inara Serra (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Adam Baldwin ...
Jayne Cobb (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jewel Staite ...
Kaylee Frye (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Sean Maher ...
Dr. Simon Tam (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Summer Glau ...
River Tam (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ron Glass ...
Shepherd Book (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
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Storyline

Captain Malcom 'Mal' Reynolds is a former galactic war veteran who is the captain of the transport ship "Serenity", Mal his crew of hired transporters, Mal's ensign Zoe Alleyne Washburne, Zoe's husband, pilot Hoban 'Wash' Washburne, muscular former combat soldier Jayne Cobb, young engineer Kaylee Frye, former Alliance medical officer Simon Tam, his teenage sister River (Both on-the-run from the Interplanetary government "The Alliance"), the beautiful "companion" Inara Serra and religious man Shepard Book do legal or illegal jobs (smuggling, protecting, guns-for-hire, robberies) as the Serenity crew travels across the outskirts of Outer Space for food, money, anything to make a living on, as The Serenity crew tries to stay under the radar of The Alliance and pulls dangerous jobs in the Alliance controlled star systems. Written by Daniel Williamson  

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Plot Keywords:

Alliance | Captain | Pilot | Psychic | Future  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin (some dialogue)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Firefly: The Series See more »

Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(15 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1
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Trivia

Some of the weapons used in the series were contemporary with the time of production and chosen based on their somewhat futuristic look. No modifications were made by the prop department to either disguise them or make them look more futuristic. Alliance soldiers are seen carrying British SA80 rifles and Heckler & Koch MP5s, both in variant models. The Browncoats are seen using Heckler & Koch G36 rifles. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The Chinese characters for "Blue Sun" change from throughout the series. On Jayne's T-shirt, "Blue Sun" is Qing Ri, but in logo signs, it's Lan Ri. In ancient China, as well as Japan, green and blue were seen as different shades of the same color. The character Qing was used to represent both green and blue. In modern China, Lan is the character used for blue. See more »

Quotes

[opening narration for episodes: Safe, Ariel, War Stories, Heart of Gold]
Mal: Here's how it is: The Earth got used up, so we moved out and terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths. Some rich and flush with the new technologies, some not so much. The Central Planets, thems formed the Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule; a few idiots tried to fight it...
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Connections

Referenced in Serenity: The 10th Character (2003) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Ballad of Serenity"
Performed by Sonny Rhodes
Written by Joss Whedon See more »